WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead after the killing of a university officer and a shootout with police, and a massive manhunt is underway for the other, authorities said early Friday.

Police are locking down some neighborhoods in Boston and its western suburbs as they search for the remaining suspect: known as the man in the white hat from marathon surveillance footage.

Authorities urged residents in Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge and the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston to stay indoors. All mass transit was shut down and businesses were asked not to open Friday. People waiting at bus and subway stops were told to go home.

"We believe this to be a terrorist," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed David of the suspect on the loose. "We believe this to be a man who's come here to kill people. We need to get him in custody."

The Middlesex district attorney said the two men are suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer on campus in Cambridge late Thursday, then stealing a car at gunpoint and later releasing its driver unharmed.

Hours earlier, police had released photos of the marathon bombing suspects and asked for the public's help finding them. A new photo of the suspect on the loose was released later showing him in a grey hoodie sweatshirt. It was taken at a 7-Eleven in Cambridge, just across the Charles River from Boston.

Since these guys were also guilty of robbing a 7-11 last night...which led to the chase by the police and resulted in the killing of Suspect #1. Why do news commentators keep asking...Why did they stay in the area? Well, since they had to rob a 7-11, obviously they don’t have any money. Probably no car, or enough for a ticket on a commercial vehicle to get out of there. Suspect#2 still at large, armed, and probably no way to leave the area.. Obviously desperate, dangerous, hungry and broke. I hope all store owners are well protected with their own firearms. Suspect #2 might be looking for snacks.

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posted on 04/19/2013 4:02:56 AM PDT
by CitizenM
(Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)

That is the exact question every American needs to pose when interviewed by the media, at every local state and national political forum. to their pols/reps...until every person on the planet is sick of hearing it. Because it cuts to the core of it all.

Unlikely. This is MA that is in a constant battle with NY for title of state with the largest percentage of citizens who hate guns and hate gun owners. I hope a few of the strident anti-gun aholes who live there are at least thinking as they cower in their homes "Maybe I should have a gun after all." But probable not.

True story. I went to a patriots day celebration in Lexington many years ago. I was near a vendor selling various toys including little toy flintlocks - we're talking a few inches. Some kid asked his mother to get him one, Not only did the b***h tell her kid no, but she proceded to scold the vendor for selling toy guns. I felt like punching her in the mouth myself. I can only imagine what the guy selling the toys felt like, but he pretty much ignored her. This woman to me represents the typical masshole.

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posted on 04/19/2013 4:45:28 AM PDT
by from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)

My thought exactly. This episode is the perfect counterargument to liberal stupidity about gun control. I'm hoping some Bostonian gun owner takes out the remaining brother -- preferably with a mean looking gun like an AR-15.

Boston Lockdown Shows Impotence of Militarized Police
Posted on April 19, 2013 by Robert Farago

No disrespect to the law enforcement officers chasing after terrorist Dzhokar Tsarnaev. Theyre doing what cops gotta do. But lets think about this. A few thousand heavily armed cops are chasing after one guy with a million-plus Bay Staters in lockdown. The bad guys image is all over the media. Mass transit? Shut down. Businesses? Closed. Colleges, schools? Empty. Street traffic? Non-existent. And yet Tsarnaevs nowhere to be found.

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